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Walnut high post Biedermeier style tester bed with molded cornice. Top of head and foot boards have carved crests of quatrefoils and anthemion ornamentation. Head board panels are decorated with scrolls and beveled on the back side. Moldings on feet, rails, and top of posts. Most of the ornaments are nailed on, but carved crests of leaves are secured with wooden pegs.

Winedale Historical Complex, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Local Resource Number

Accession No.: WL 70.1.2 ; Catalogue No.: W-1j 7-70

Contributing Institution

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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For information about reproductions or permissions, please contact the Briscoe Center, cah.photos@austin.utexas.edu or 512-495-4555.

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Hill Texas Archive Research Notes

Made by Johann Umland in 1861 for Terrell Jackson. According to the family, this was one of three beds made for Jackson by Umland, this particular bed was made for $90. According to family tradition, this bed was made out of local walnut and hand carved under a tree in the Jackson front yard. The bed was passed down through the family, and it is on loan to Winedale by an anonymous lender.